Over 8,000 flights cancelled as major winter storm bears down across US

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Texas Governor Greg Abbott told residents on X that the state Department of Transportation was pretreating the roads and urged residents to "stay home if possible". Advertisement Utility companies braced for power outages because ice-coated trees and power lines can keep falling long after a storm has passed.
52% : Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, where ice up to an inch thick was likely to coat tree limbs, power lines and roadways
45% : Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Roughly 140 million people from New Mexico to New England were under a winter storm warning, as forecasters say damage, especially in areas pounded by ice, could rival that of a hurricane.

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